News From Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark

BRONX MAN SENTENCED FOR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL 
Defendant Met Victim In School Where He Worked As After-School Teacher

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in his residence. 

 District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant, who was 24 years old at the time, met the young girl at the middle school where he worked. He took advantage of the girl’s age and took her to his apartment and sexually abused her. Thankfully, the victim told another school employee, who then called the police.” 

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Michael Jenkins, 25, of 901 Anderson Avenue, Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to two years in prison and 10 years post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary. A full order of protection was also issued, and the defendant will also register as a sex offender. Jenkins, who had no prior criminal record, pleaded guilty to second-degree Criminal Sexual Act on October 30, 2018. 

 According to the investigation, on December 4, 2017, in his apartment, the defendant engaged in sexual acts with the minor. In a subsequent conversation between the victim and Jenkins, the defendant admitted to the sexual acts and told her she could not get pregnant through oral sex. Jenkins worked at Intermediate School 391 as an after-school teacher and taught a program called Mad Science. The victim had been attending the defendant’s class since the beginning of the school year.

 District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Carolyn Tully of the Bronx Special Victims Squad for her assistance in the case.

BRONX MAN INDICTED IN 2009 MURDER OF WOMAN HE WAS DATING 

Defendant Allegedly Bashed Victim’s Head, Causing Her Death; DNA Evidence Hit Last Year Led to Solving of Case

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for the 2009 murder of a 39-year-old woman after new DNA evidence emerged. 

 District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly killed the victim, whom he knew, by bludgeoning her in the head. DNA evidence led to the defendant and we renewed our investigation in 2017. This indictment shows that victims are never forgotten, and we will use every available technology and science to pursue justice for them.” 

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Robert Hopkins, 37, who is currently incarcerated for separate cases in Brooklyn and Manhattan, was arraigned on second-degree Murder before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Georg.

 According to the investigation, on or about and between December 22, 2009 and December 23, 2009, at 1409 Fulton Avenue, the Bronx, the defendant bludgeoned Cynthia Souser, 39, of the Bronx. Authorities got a lead in the case in November 2017 through DNA testing of evidence that was found at the scene of the crime.

 District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives Barry Sullivan and Dionisio Solis of Bronx Homicide and Detective Ronnie Wilkerson of Bronx Cold Case for their assistance.